Constituency
373. Gobichettipalayam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1971
IN-GOBICHETTIPALAYAM
DMK 58.0%won by 16.0%NCO 42.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.1% to 16.0%.
- New challengerNCO (NCO) finished second with 42.0% — it did not contest here in 1967.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.8% to 67.0%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,65,827
Turnout
67.0%
Valid votes
3,78,832
Margin
60,492
15.97%
Candidates
2 contested · winner DMK- 1P. A. SAMINATHANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,19,66258.0%
- 2E. V. K. SAMPATHNCO · NCO1,59,17042.0%
Since 1967
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–NCO swing
- −38.5%
- DMK share
- 54.5% → 58.0%
- NCO share
- 0.0% → 42.0%
- Turnout
- 72.7% → 67.0%